Team VegSource has been busy in Sacramento helping 21 families at a food bank go plant-strong -- and cure themselves of high blood pressure, diabetes, lupus and other problems. We will be bringing you an update on this soon. Meanwhile, here's some of what you may have missed lately...

Did you see Dr. Esselstyn, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Barnard and Rip Esselstyn on The Doctor Oz Show last week?

What? No?!

Well check out the video right now!

We are bringing you the first seven minutes of this groundbreaking show online, promoting the upcoming new film, FORKS OVER KNIVES. WATCH VIDEO NOW

Sugar is poison, says UC San Francisco obesity expert

Behaviors that some might refer to as gluttony and sloth are merely consequences of the true cause of the obseity epidemic, Robert Lustig MD, a UC San Francisco pediatric neuroendocronologist says.

Food was just as abundant before obesity’s ascendance. The problem is the increase in sugar consumption. Sugar both drives fat storage and makes the brain think it is hungry, setting up a “vicious cycle,” according to Lustig. READ ARTICLE NOW

Want some prostate cancer with that fish oil?

How beneficial is eating fish to reduce heart disease? The evidence isn't as strong as some would argue, and there are more and more reasons emerging why eating fish even occasionally is probably a terrible idea.

Here’s a heart-healthy reason to prescribe yourself an apple a day: Women who ate dried apples every day for a year lowered their LDL (bad) cholesterol by 23 percent, according to a study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and presented this week at the Experimental Biology 2011 conference in Washington, D.C. READ STORY NOW